Solid Waste Sector
• Waste Reduction: Consider comprehensive waste reduction strategies, including establishing collection points to gather food residue that can be recycled.
• Collection: Conduct a detailed cost benefit analysis of the pneumatic solid waste system, taking into account investment and operating costs, compatibility with the recycling program, and the relative lack of flexibility of such systems.
• Treatment: Ensure that the incinerator has a sufficient air pollution control system to prevent the emission of pollutants that could negatively impact public health and the environment.
• Landfill: Ensure that the site receiving residue from SSTEC is an engineered facility operated in an environmentally sound manner. Waste Reduction: Apply waste reduction programs supported by regulations that ban specific materials or impose consumption-based charges.
• Recycling: Provide a comprehensive program of incentives, education, and prohibition of certain materials from the waste stream to encourage residents and businesses to recycle.
As the proposed recycling program is highly ambitious and mainly based on source separation, consider tiered pricing of waste management services that charge a lower fee for waste that is source separated, which should encourage recycling.